Planter.



S. V. BROOK.

PLANTER. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24,1912.

1 74,240, 7 Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON. D. c.

, lvi bwwow S. V. BROGK.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY24,1912.

1,074,240. Patented Sept. 30, 1913.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

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a citizen. of the UnitedStates,-residing at.- A Bur-oh,-- inthepa'rish-- of-VaShingtona-gand --State of Louisiana, haveiinvented:certain new and useful Improvements-Yin {Pia-literal,

of which the following is a-- -sp eeifieation,--

reir'erence heing vhad to wthe accompanfying drawings.

in planters --and .--th e primarylobject of l the This inventionrelates; to 1 an improvement present invention is to construct a: deviceof Y this characterwith means -for first opening thefurrow anddroppingtheseed. and the required amount-oi? fertilizeri atcertain'pre-J determinedintervalswithin the-furrows and then closing the furrows iwhichiwilh-obvi- Y functionst'of --many= machines.

1 the description 5 proceeds.

o-usly provide a single devieeito periorlnthe' Other objects willappear;-' *herei-natter as- With the aboveandi other objects in:-view,,

this invention consists ofi the novel details of construct-ion,-combination; formation-and arrangement ofi partsas will be. hereinafter1 'm'ore fully described iclaimedyaand --particularly;-- pointed out pinthe, accompanying drawings; in Which- Figure 1 is a- -iside.'ielevation {ofE--'Iny -im proved planters: ig 2. is atop-plan viewoftheisame.- Fig. 8- is a longitudinally -:ex- 1 tending section takenon the line of Fig. 2.? \Fig. 4 is \a transverse'seetion taken-r {onthe'line of Eigals Eig. -5 isadetail perspective--view of=vtheaneans forhingedly securing the furrow covering plows: to the -Eplanter, and Fig.6 is detail perspective 4o ItratedthespeCificnemloodiment-iof-ftheip1'es-- of thebrush.

- Reference/nowbeings 'toMtheQaGeomv panylng i draw ngs -ewhereln" Ihave, llllusr ent: invention, the--ra-me, upon which the presentinvention 1s supported" eomprlses a tudinallv extending -bea-ms wherebysuit- I pair of longitudinally- -extending:-beams 10 u 45 wardly attheir forwardendsand connected and 11 respectively, which;are-curvedi-in-i by means of bolts-12. A elevis 1 3 is;monnted between theforward endsot the' longito for propellingwtheplanter over the -fieldThe rearwardextremities ofqthese rlongitn-dinally extending beams are'conn ected'by a transverse bar l by-i means-withe U-,

shaped bolts 15.

i tending beams IOoan d 11 are'each provided with a :bearing 16lmountedadjacent the forward end t-hereof and having ournaled therein a-:shaftmr -axle 16 k011i which is mounted a ground wheel 11 forrsupporting the forward end: of the' planter and also for operating'dzhedropping mechanism which "-W-lll be hereinaftenrmore fully described.

- Extending in'ithe ,rear off this vground wheehl'l and in alinementtherewith is a I .plow -bl'ade 18 which. is; used for opening a thefurrow before dropping-athe seeds." This r-ip-lowfblade- 1 8 isfcarriedby a pair of'hrackets=' 19;-theupper-lends" of which are connected as;at 20,- tothe inner-face l of the heams'ilQ andv ll.

k 'Mountedrgupon each 70f the side beams 10 J hand-.11 1 are anpair l ofparallel: memloersl 21 storming-the: sides of th'e hoppenQ-ZQ This Lhopper-i isprovi dedwith a transverse mem- H Jo l- 23 whichdivides-thesame into seed and L gterti'l-i'zer retaining compartments.

,Extendi ng fromethe forward end, of the fh opper 22 are a?pairIoi-parallel arms 24, 1 each-pi, which have'mounted upontheupv-per-face'thereof, bearing boxes 24Cin which i is j ourna'led atransversely extending crank shaft 25: 'I his crank-shaft 25k8XiZ8IlCLS=:parl malle'l -,w ith the shaft lG andeach may extendbeyond-thes-sideflof t't-hQ planter and each havemounted-thereon,sprocketewheel 26 which; are connected'by'a sprocket chair-127. -,Each+of-s thecompartments formed z the hoppen. is provided with a bottom;which may curvetoward-theeenterthereof and the central portion isprovided with fllongitudr anally; extending" recesses- 28 in; which is-mounted aslide- .-29. 1 Ylhis': :slide extends through: openingsstormed the: front :and rear; walls oi -the hopperand its forward end isconneeted bygmeans of a linka30rto the crank sh'at@25, "wherehyi uponthe propulsionof the planters-over theflfield; the ground will transmitarotary ,motion to-"the orank shafit 25p as-before-deseribed-ywhich in a-,-turn Fill transfer a' reciprocatory -motion '=toa thdislidef forregulatiiig the-dropping of V the seed; and fertiliser contained withinthe r h Wh er. @Dfependi-ng, from-{the medial 1 porablewdraft appliancemaya benattachedthere--.

tion! of-this hopper22 isa spoutfilwliich di- -rects the =seedandiertilizer linto the furrow -fermed -fby the -ploW --blade--1 S. Thisspout 31-: is1 i in='-directalinementi with the plow blade 18, at therear thereozt so that it will I Lclirectfgthe-seed and-fertilizer. intothe -fur Thedower f ces'f-otsthe lol gitndiria yex row, and the r lowerextremity t-hereof 1 extends a few inches above the ground to preventthe wind from blowing the seed and fertilizer from the furrow.

The slide 29 is provided with a plurality of openings 32 which areadapted to extend into each compartment formed in the hopper andcommunicating with the spout 31, so that as the slide 29 isreciprocated, the seed or fertilizer whichhas fallen into these openingswill drop into the spout and then fall in the furrows at predeterminedintervals- These openings 32 formed in the slide may be of any size toreceive a proper amount and size of seeds to be dropped in each hill inthe furrow. The sprocket wheel mounted upon the crank shaft 25 may beofany preferred size so that as the ground wheel 17 is rotated it willcause the slide 29 to reciprocate the desired number of times, therebyincreasing or diminishing the distance between the hills.

The partition 23 which divides the compartment into two sections isprovided with a centrally located bore 33 in which is mounted a brush 34adapted to engage the upper face of the slide 29. The lower edge of thispartition 23 is provided with an enlarged opening 35 so that the slide29 may reciprocate freely between the two compartments.

It is a well known fact that in slides similar to the member 29'whenprovided with openings for directing the seed to the spout cause theseeds to engage the edge of the opening formed .in the partition whichcauses the same tobreak the seed thereby. injuring them andrenderingthem useless, and the object of the partition having anenlarged opening 35 is to allow the seed to pass freely between theslide and the partition, and the brush 34 will prevent the seeds and thefer- 'tilizer from becoming mixed together and also brushing the excessseeds and fertilizer which come between the partition 23 back This brush34.comprises a cylindrical plug 35 which is, adapted to fit snugly inthe bore formed within the partition 23 which will obviously hold theend of the bristles 36 in contact with the upper face of the slide, but,at the same time allow the cylindrical plug 35 to be loweredin the borewhen the ends of the bristles have become worn, so thatthey will keep inconstant contact with the slide.

The bristles 36 are secured to'the plug 35 by means of a piece of-wire37 which extends within recesses formed on the side of the blockand areconnected at their free ends upon the upper face of the block as shown.

Extending at the rear of the frame are a pair of furrow closing plows 38which are.

mounted upon the rear ends of the longitudinally extending beams 39.These beams 39 are each also provided with a depending lug 42which areslidably mounted in elon- 14 and the threaded ends of these lugs 42 areeach provided with a wing nut 44. It is obvious from this constructionthat the furrow closing plows 38 may be adjusted laterally to anydesired width and held in an adjusted position by means of the wing nuts44.

Extending from the rear extremity of the beams 10 and '11 and at therear of the furrow closing plows are a pair of springarms 45 which areconnected by a transverse member 46 which follows the planter forcovering the furrow in the usual manner.)

It is obvious from the foregoing description taken in connection withthe accompanying drawing that this planter may be dethat is, by changingthe size of the openings 32 formed in the slide 29.

to the spout 31 when turning from one row to another or when the planteris not in use, I provide a slide valve which comprises a laterallysliding member 47 having formed therein an enlarged opening 48 so thatwhen the opening-48 is in alinement with the spout, it will allow theseed and fertilizer to pass freely from the hopper to the spout and whenthe same is ina closed position, it will cut off all communicationbetween the hopper and the spout. f

Mounted upon the outer face of one of the members 22 of the hopper is abracket 49 on which is fulcrumed a hand operating lever 50. This handoperating lever 50 extends longitudinally of the frame at the rearthereof and its forward end is pivotally connected to the slide 47whereby the operator may gain access'to the lever to readily operateside members 22 are a pair of handles 51 by which the operator may guidethe planter in the usual manner. 7 7

It is obvious from the foregoing description taken inconnection with-theaccompanying drawing, that I have produced a planter which will beinexpensive in the cost of use, and it is of course to be furtherunderstood that other minor details, and changes in construction andmode of operation may be resorted to that come within thescope of thepresent invention without'departing from the spirit thereof. 1

What I claim is l a hopper mounted thereupon and provided with a doublebottom; of a transverse partition dividing the hopper into twocompartments and secured to the upper floor of'the hopper bottom, aspout depending from the PP the bottom of the hopper, the partitionhavgated slots 43 formed in the transverse bar signed for planting corn,beans, or cotton,

To cut off the flow of grain orfertilizer V manufacture, strong, durableand eflicient in In a planter the combination with .a frame,

the slide valve 47. Secured to each of the V er floor and through thelower floor of ing an opening forming a means of commued to contact Withthe upper face of the 10 nication between the compartments and theslide, for the purpose specified.

spout, a slide adapted to reciprocate upon In testimony whereof Ihereunto aflix my said upper floor and Within each of said signature inthe presence of two Witnesses. compartments and the opening formed within the partition, the partition having a cen- SEYMORE BROOK trallylocated vertical bore formed therein, Witnesses: a cylindrical plugmounted in said bore, and J. H. BRUMFIELD, bristles extending from saidplug and adapt- ARLIL QUIN.

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